P.A. Works
P.A. Works (or Progressive Animation Works) is a Japanese studio established in 2000. Initially formed as a support studio, the company latter went on to do some full series like Hanasaku Iroha and Canaan.
The company's site is here, full list of projects here. See also Ufotable, GONZO, Rough Draft Studios, Digital E Mation and Toon City, other major 2D/CGI companies.
Anime series created by P.A. Works include:
- Angel Beats!
- Another
- Bannō Yasai Ninninman
- Canaan
- Hanasaku Iroha (Both Anime and Manga)
- Mai no Mahō to Katei no Hi
- Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms (film)
- Moribito - Guardian of the Spirit (With Production I.G)
- Professor Layton and The Eternal Diva (With OLM Incorporated)
- Spider Riders (With Bee Train; also did In-Between Animation for several episodes)
- Tari Tari
- True Tears
Other Anime worked on by P.A. Works include:
- Aria the Scarlet Ammo (In-Between Animation)
- Black Butler (In-Between Animation)
- Blood+ (In-Between Animation)
- Darker than Black (Production Assistance)
- Eureka Seven (In-Between Animation)
- Fate/Zero (In-Between Animation)
- Fullmetal Alchemist (In-Between Animation; Both series)
- Gosick (In-Between Animation)
- Heroman (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation)
- Madlax (In-Between Animation)
- Mawaru Penguindrum (In-Between Animation)
- Michiko to Hatchin (In-Between Animation)
- Mobile Suit Gundam 00 (In-Between Animation)
- Gundam 00 a Wakening of The Trailblazer (In-Between Animation)
- Real Drive (Key, 2nd Key & In-Between Animation; 3D Graphics; Production Cooperation)
- Soul Eater (Key & In-Between Animation)
- Tiger and Bunny (In-Between Animation)
P.A. Works provides examples of the following tropes:
- Animation Bump: While their animation is already top notch, there times when it goes Up to Eleven, like in Professor Layton.
- Conspicuous CG: Present in many works.
- Off-Model: Occasionally.